Courses etc.

This course will not only help equip staff to work with young people with offending behaviour but will better support community based staff in developing relationships with young people being discharged from secure institutions. The course will be presented in small bite size pieces of 16 half days over a period of 10 months which will enable participants to attend with minimum disruption of their normal workload. The course includes structured group activities, role playing, thinking games, puzzles and problem-solving.

Some of the content may seem remote from the interest and experiences of participants. This is intentional. It is designed to broaden horizons get them to think about issues they seldom think about, give them opportunities to practice skills in unfamiliar contexts and make them feel they can deal with matters that they might think are beyond their competence. Participants will be expected to attend and complete the whole course and to be able to bring examples of their work throughout the course which evidences their understanding of the material.

This course is designed for those workers who have already met the registration requirements of the SSSC and will enable them to meet their continuing professional development requirements. It is designed for staff with

• above average verbal skills,
• ability to relate positively and empathetically with young people,
• sensitivity to group dynamics, ability to challenge young people without demeaning them,
• above average interpersonal skills,
• enthusiastic.

 It should also support the development and retention of qualified staff. Ideally the course will attract a mixture of senior workers as well as qualified and experienced basic grade staff.

The course will be certificated on successful completion.

Places will be restricted to 10 and for the full course will cost £800 (+vat) per person.

All these courses are interactive, participative and debates, brainstorms, quizzes, small and large groups are all used to encourage involvement and inclusion.

All courses can be presented at any suitable venue or at our own training centre. The cost for groups (up to 12 participants) is £950.00 (+vat) 

Managing Your Bullies is not a course per se. We can do courses but -

Managing Your Bullies...is an ......Active Empowerment Service...which is solution-focussed and aimed to help employers and employees manage their bullies in situ. We use only your normal company procedures and the skills of your employees.

We will support the victim in using their own skills and / or the companies procedures to “manage their bully”.  We aim to equip the victim with the skills to manage their situation without resort to sickness, lawyers or the courts. It is a service which is open to both employees as individuals and to employers to retain and refer to.

Workplace Bullying Costs

Money -Workplace Bullying costs employers and their insurers thousands, millions  of pounds each year in compensation, sick pay, lost time and revenue and reputation.

In one case in America it cost an employer $50 million pounds, $7 million of which went to one employee!

Scotland’s lawyers recognise the care sector as a claims growth area. The evidence suggests that in the care sector we do not know how to care for our employees.

Did you know?

•  Employees who are bullied at work are bullied because they are good at the job.
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• Employees who leave because of bullying prosper in whatever they do next. (www.bullyonline.org.uk)

One way or another the care sector and the taxpayer pays for Workplace Bullying, either... at Court or tribunal, or better still....by putting in place programmes to prevent it happening in the first place and to manage it when it does happen.

Retaining a service like Oilean will pay substantial returns in the long run. It gives your employees a message, it gives your insurers a message and if you are unfortunate enough to face a tribunal it gives them a message too. You have a policy of - Zero Tolerance to Workplace Bullying